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I have a question regarding a recent settlement for a slip and fall.
Because of an accident, I had incurred several medical bills, most of which were paid through my insurance company; however, one which was for a physical therapy facility that, even with my insurance payments, still had an outstanding balance of approx. $1,000.
When I retained the attorney in question, I had submitted to him all of the paper work, and included this bill which he had advised that he would send them a letter to advise them of the case and to have them cease sending me harassing bills.
After all was said and done and the lawyer had received a settlement for me, he had advised that everyone was taken care of and sent me my portion of what was left after all of the pay outs (very little, believe me). Now, 1 month later, I receive a letter from this same attorney advising me that he is now getting this bill which he said he "thought" was taken care of, and is now advising me to take care of it! I also received a letter from the rehab advising that if I do not make this payment by December 31st they will proceed with a collection agent. When I called the lawyer to see what the story was, he gave me some weird story and told ME to call the rehab and ask them to resubmit this bill to the insurnace company. The insurance company has paid the rehab what they are going to pay them and that is all there is to it, I called them and was advised of this.
I believe that this bill was to be a part of the settlement and should have been considered when a settlement amount was reached. My attorney led me to believe the same.
Please, someone, advise as to what I should do now. I don't have this kind of money to pay out, especially this time of year! Who holds responsibility to this? Please, please advise.
I have a question regarding a recent settlement for a slip and fall.
Because of an accident, I had incurred several medical bills, most of which were paid through my insurance company; however, one which was for a physical therapy facility that, even with my insurance payments, still had an outstanding balance of approx. $1,000.
When I retained the attorney in question, I had submitted to him all of the paper work, and included this bill which he had advised that he would send them a letter to advise them of the case and to have them cease sending me harassing bills.
After all was said and done and the lawyer had received a settlement for me, he had advised that everyone was taken care of and sent me my portion of what was left after all of the pay outs (very little, believe me). Now, 1 month later, I receive a letter from this same attorney advising me that he is now getting this bill which he said he "thought" was taken care of, and is now advising me to take care of it! I also received a letter from the rehab advising that if I do not make this payment by December 31st they will proceed with a collection agent. When I called the lawyer to see what the story was, he gave me some weird story and told ME to call the rehab and ask them to resubmit this bill to the insurnace company. The insurance company has paid the rehab what they are going to pay them and that is all there is to it, I called them and was advised of this.
I believe that this bill was to be a part of the settlement and should have been considered when a settlement amount was reached. My attorney led me to believe the same.
Please, someone, advise as to what I should do now. I don't have this kind of money to pay out, especially this time of year! Who holds responsibility to this? Please, please advise.